| Random files - The Pacific & Asia |
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Marines find civilians hiding in the cavesA member of a Marine patrol on Saipan found this family of Japs hiding in a hillside cave. The mother, four children and a dog, took shelter from the fierce fighting in that area.
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Infantry disembarking from LSTs in Saipan"Army reinforcements disembarking from LST's form a graceful curve as they proceed across coral reef toward the beach." Laudansky, Saipan, ca. June/July 1944.
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Soldiers disembarking on the beachesAmerican soldiers disembark from four LSTs to join the fight. The three LSTs in the background are still full.
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June landing at RendovaLanding operations on Rendova Island, Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943. Attacking at the break of day in a heavy rainstorm, the first Americans ashore huddle behind tree trunks and any other cover they can find.
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USS West Virginia on fire at Pearl HarbourPearl Harbor, T.H. taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. USS WEST VIRGINIA aflame.
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Marine MG position holding back Japanese counterattackRetreating at first into the jungle of Cape Gloucester, Japanese soldiers finally gathered strength and counterattacked their Marine pursuers. These machine gunners pushed them back.
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